short-change vs defraud

short-change and defraud both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short-change	No	No	Yes	No
defraud	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, defraud is a hypernym of short-change; that is, defraud is a word with a broader meaning than short-change:

Other hypernyms of short-change include bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize.

As verbs, short-change and defraud are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of short-change include bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimize.

short-change (verb)	defraud (verb)
cheat someone by not returning him enough money	deprive of by deceit
deprive of by deceit